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• Epicureans and StoicsBible

  The Epicureans and the Stoics were two Greek philosophical schools whose adherents debated with Paul when he visited Athens, as recorded in Acts 17. This encounter forms the background of Paul's sermon at the Areopagus.

• EutychusPeople

  Eutychus was a young man of Troas mentioned in Acts 20. He is known for falling asleep during Paul's long discourse and falling to his death from a window, after which Paul restored him to life.

• BithyniaBible

  Bithynia was a region in northwestern Asia Minor bordering the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara. In Acts, it is the region the Holy Spirit prevented Paul and his companions from entering. In 1 Peter, it is one of the regions where the letter's recipients lived.

• Acts 20:34–35Bible Verses

  Acts 20:34–35 is the closing section of Paul's farewell address to the Ephesian elders. Paul reminds them of his example of working with his own hands to help the weak, and he passes on a saying of Jesus not found in the Gospels: "It is more blessed to give than to receive." The passage is often cited in discussions of charitable giving and self-supporting (tentmaking) ministry.

• Acts 20:33–34Bible Verses

  In this passage the apostle Paul tells the elders of the church at Ephesus that he coveted no one's possessions and that he provided for his own needs and those of his companions with his own hands. It is frequently cited in discussions of pastoral integrity, self-supporting ministry, and bivocational ministry.

• Acts 12Bible

  Acts 12 is the chapter in which King Herod kills James and imprisons Peter, an angel leads Peter out of prison, and Herod is struck down and dies.

• AristarchusPeople

  Aristarchus was an early Christian from Thessalonica in Macedonia who accompanied Paul on his missionary travels and on his voyage to Rome. In Colossians, Paul calls this co-worker his "fellowprisoner."

• Roman CitizenshipBible

  Roman citizenship was a legal status that the Roman Empire conferred on its citizens. In the New Testament, Paul invoked this status to avoid scourging and to appeal to Caesar, and the Epistle to the Philippians speaks of the believer's "heavenly citizenship."

• Incident at AntiochBible

  The Incident at Antioch is an event recorded in Galatians 2:11–14. In Syrian Antioch, Paul publicly rebuked Peter (Cephas) for withdrawing from table fellowship with Gentile believers.

• Acts 26Bible

  Acts 26 records the defense Paul made before King Agrippa and the governor Festus while imprisoned in Caesarea, recounting his life and his encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus. Those who hear him conclude that he has done nothing deserving of death.

• Acts 27Bible

  Acts 27 is the chapter in which Paul, being taken to Rome as a prisoner, encounters the tempestuous wind Euroclydon near Crete and drifts for fourteen days. Although the ship is wrecked, all 276 people aboard reach land alive.

• Third HeavenBible

  The third heaven is the heaven to which the apostle Paul says he was caught up in 2 Corinthians 12, the only place the expression appears in Scripture. It is commonly understood as the highest heaven, where God dwells.

• Epistle to the GalatiansBible

  The Epistle to the Galatians is the ninth book of the New Testament, a letter from the apostle Paul to the churches of the region of Galatia. It teaches that a person is justified not by the works of the law but by faith.

• Epistle to PhilemonBible

  The Epistle to Philemon is the eighteenth book of the New Testament. In this short letter of one chapter and twenty-five verses, the apostle Paul, writing from prison, asks Philemon to receive his slave Onesimus as a brother.

• PhilippiansBible

  Philippians is the eleventh book of the New Testament, a letter the apostle Paul wrote while imprisoned to the church at Philippi in Macedonia. It has four chapters, and because its exhortation to "rejoice" recurs throughout, it is also called the "Epistle of Joy."

• ColossiansBible

  Colossians is the twelfth book of the New Testament. It is a letter from the apostle Paul to the church at Colossae in Asia Minor, emphasizing that Christ is preeminent over all things and sufficient for salvation.

• RomansBible

  Romans is the sixth book of the New Testament, a letter from the apostle Paul to the church in Rome. It is widely regarded as the most systematic exposition of the gospel of justification by faith.

• EphesiansBible

  Ephesians is the tenth book of the New Testament. Traditionally held to be a letter from the apostle Paul to the church at Ephesus, it addresses the salvation accomplished in Christ and the unity of the church. It is one of the Prison Epistles.

• Galatians 4:13–14Bible Verses

  A passage in which Paul recalls that his "infirmity of the flesh" was the occasion for his first preaching of the gospel to the Galatians, and that they welcomed him rather than despising him in his weakness. Interpreters disagree about the nature of Paul's illness.

• 2 Corinthians 12:2–4Bible Verses

  In this passage Paul recounts, in the third person, an experience from fourteen years earlier in which he was caught up to the "third heaven" and into paradise, where he heard "unspeakable words." It is frequently discussed in connection with Paul's visionary experience, the meaning of heaven and paradise, and whether it can serve as a basis for testimonies of visiting heaven.